These photos speak for themselves.
more pics – Just to Prove That Sandra Izbasa Isn’t the Only One Who Occasionally Gets Dolled Up by a Magazine… – Triple Full
There’s a video of this shoot, as well.
China Dominates … recent gymnastics meet
For the foreseeable future the headline will (almost always) read “China dominates … (Trophee Massilia)”.
This time, in France, two Chinese gymnasts (Jiang Yuyuan and Guo Wei) finished ahead of seven teams of three gymnasts. Top 2 scores counted towards Team.
1. China 118.600
2. Russia 117.950
3. Australia 115.400
4. Brazil 114.350
5. France Senior 113.150
6. Romania 112.500
7. Netherlands 111.550
8. France Junior 108.600
Australian Lauren Mitchell was the biggest non-Chinese story of the event.
1. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 59.400
2. Lauren Mitchell AUS 59.250
3. Guo Wei CHN 59.200
4. Kristina Goryunova RUS 58.250
5. Viktoria Komova RUS 57.900
6. Aliya Mustafina RUS 57.300
Lauren Mitchell (photo: AFP/Getty Images)
More scores and commentary are posted on Triple Full and The C Score.
Pan-Am Gymnastics Results
The C Score had the first post up on Pan-Ams.
Underwhelmed.
Honestly the Pan American Gymnastics Union event competitions are not that interesting from a U.S. perspective — there were really no other competitive gymnastics nations present except Brazil …
Rebecca Bross was scheduled to compete at PAGU but withdrew, reportedly because of a knee injury sustained at the most recent training camp. This left the Americans with Corrie Lothrop, Olivia Courtney and Samantha Shapiro. …
Vault:
1. Corrie Lothrop (USA)
2. Olivia Courtney (USA)
3. Tarabini Ayelen (ARG)Uneven bars:
1. Samantha Shapiro (USA)
2. Corrie Lothrop (USA)
3. Juliana Santos (BRA)
2009 Pacific Coast Classic gymnastics
2009 Pacific Coast Classic and the Pacific Coast Collegiate Classic
Oakland Convention Center
February 20-22, 2009
Hosted by 1984 Olympic Gold Medalists Tim Daggett and Peter Vidmar.
Featuring some of the top collegiate gymnasts from JAPAN and 5 of the top 8 U.S. collegiate teams!
Don’t miss this preview of the 2009 NCAA National Championships!
One of the biggest and best men’s gymnastics competitions of the year.
(via Stick It media)
acrobatic handstand
From the Gymnastics is my Addiction group on Facebook.
Canadian fitness tax credits
Good news for gymnasts?
Starting with the 2007 tax year, the Government of Canada allows a non-refundable tax credit based on eligible fitness expenses paid by parents to register a child in a prescribed program of physical activity. …
The children’s fitness tax credit lets parents claim up to $500 per year for eligible fitness expenses paid for each child who is under 16 years of age at the beginning of the year in which the expenses are paid.
Most likely this is short-sighted, doomed-to-fail, do good Socialist economic quackery.
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Now, in the Province where I live in Canada — Alberta — an additional $500 fitness tax credit might soon be available.
I’m not the only doubter:
Scott Hennig of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said the tax return on that $500 could be as little as $50.
“All it does is make our tax code more complex and offers people very little in terms of real dollar value.”
Canadians might as well take advantage of these deductions, while they can.
MU Tigers Gymnastics poster
USA Pan-Am Gymnastics Team
For the 2007 Pan-Ams they sent Liukin, Johnson, Hong and Bross. Pezek and Trani.
This young team, for the new quadrennial, looks superb:
Olivia is a teammate of Shayla Worley at Orlando Metro.
On the men’s side:
(via About.com Gymnastics)
Inside Gymnastics bungles again?
Inside Gymnastics, an American gymnastics magazine (whose online coverage has been extremely intermittent and generally disappointing lately) will launch a radio program this Thursday, November 20th at 5 p.m. EST.
Every time I get excited about Inside Gymnastics, they find a way to let me down.
Remember Inside Gymnastics Television?
That link is still on the site … but the last new episode was posted YEARS ago.
Now I’m excited about the recently announced Inside Gymnastics Radio:
…is coming to the internet airways this week! Look for our debut broadcast airing November 21st with athlete interviews, insight from the world’s top current and former gymnasts, expert commentary as well as Q&A segments with listeners.
Hosted by three-time Olympian John Roethlisberger, monthly broadcasts will be streamed live on InsideGymnastics.com.
With Roethlisberger on the mic, this is a guaranteed winner!
But where is it IG?
A full day after the promised Nov. 21st debut broadcast nothing is linked from your website: IG Radio
Lame. Lame. Lame.
NCAA Pre-Season Gymnastics Poll
The list looks familiar. It’s the coaches poll.
Which team will move up the most in 2009?
1. Georgia – 814 points (26 first-place votes)
2. Utah – 770 (2)
3. Florida – 742
4. UCLA – 699 (4)
5. Stanford – 676
6. Alabama – 640
7. LSU – 634
8. Michigan – 579 (1)
9. Oregon State – 526
10. Oklahoma – 525
11. Nebraska – 487
12. Arkansas – 467
13. Penn State – 382
14. Denver – 370
15. Auburn – 323
16. Illinois – 230
17. Michigan State – 228
18. Arizona – 218
19t. Boise State – 216
Coach Dan Kendig hosts Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska on Apr. 16-18, 2009.
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